Improvement in the construction of blinds



G. W. DAY

Improvement in the Construction of Blinds.

132,142. 2753/ Patented Oct. 15,1872.

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UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE W. DAY, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDLUTHER DAY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BLINDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,142, dated October15, 1872.

, Blind-Supporter; and do hereby declare the same to be fully describedin the following specification and represented in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 denotes a side elevation of my invention asapplied to a blind-frame, the connection being with the middle cross-barof the frame; Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same as connected to thelower cross-bar of the frame; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thedevice.

My invention relates to an improved device to be applied towindow-blinds to prevent sagging thereof; and consists in the peculiarconstruction of the parts, as hereinafter fully set forth.

It is well known that the frames of blinds, as commonly constructed, areliable, after being used for a time, to become so sagged or thrown outof their true position as to render the working of them a matter ofgreat inconvenience and difliculty. To provide a simple device which,when applied to a blind, will obviate this disadvantage and preserve theparts of the blind in their normal positions is the object of myinvention.

the said device in one piece of malleable iron, the main or bodyportions A A being of a rectangular shape, and provided with screw-holesa b c, by which the device may be screwed to a blind-frame. The lowerportions of the parts A and A are each bent inward at a right angle tothe plane of their outer surfaces, so as to form shoulders or abutment'sc d, which are to rest against the inner face of one of the verticalbars and the under surface of the contiguous cross-bar, as shown in thedrawing, the shoulder or abutment (I having a screwhole by which, bymeans of a screw, the said part d may be firmly secured to and so as tosupport the cross-bar.

By making the device in manner as describedviz., with the brace A A andabutments 0 (1, formed and arranged with respect to each other, as setforththe invention, when applied to a blind, serves most effectually tomaintain the parts in their normal positions.

What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, the

above-described blind-supporter, consisting of the parts A and A,respectively, provided with abutments or flanges c d, as and for thepurpose set forth.

GEO. W. DAY. Witnesses:

F. P. HALE, F. 0. HALE.

